EFG Private Bank, the UK arm of Zurich-based EFG International, has appointed Eric Barnett as a director to its board, according to a recent filing at Companies House.

Mr Barnett, a former chief executive of both SG Hambros and Kleinwort Hambros before retiring in July 2018, assumed his new position on 7 August according to the filing.

Apart from a directorship at RVC Developments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Royal Veterinary College, Mr Barnett currently appears to hold no other executive or non-executive directorships.

Mr Barnett commenced his banking career in 1983 with National Westminster Bank before...